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Court won’t hear Trump immunity dispute now

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Share The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from Special Counsel Jack Smith to decide, without waiting for a federal appeals court to weigh in, whether former President Donald Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump appealed to the U.S. 20, Trump lawyer D.

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US Justice Department to give $144.5M to victims of 2017 Texas mass shooting in settlement

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The survivors and families of the victims joined in a lawsuit against the US government, alleging negligence under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act due to the government’s failure to prevent Kelley from purchasing a firearm despite his prior felony convictions.

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Court grants review in new batch of cases, including dispute on religious rights of employees

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In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled in Trans World Airlines v. The court agreed on Friday to review the case of Gerald Groff, a Christian and U.S. Groff went to federal court, where he argued that USPS had failed to provide him with reasonable accommodations for his religious practices. Counterman v.

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Georgia man sentenced to death challenges state’s striking of Black jurors

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Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Kentucky , the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to strike jurors in a criminal trial because of their race. Over Johnson’s objection, the trial court reinstated the Black juror.

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Intellectual property and Navajo water rights

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Two other cases involve a dispute involving the Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River water. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Abitron argued that the Lanham Act should not apply to its foreign sales.

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International arbitration, McGirt retroactivity, and anti-discrimination laws

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a potential replacement for the now-dismissed Servotronics Inc. Oklahoma should apply retroactively, and whether the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act violates a website designer’s First Amendment rights. In ZF Automotive US, Inc.

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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court granted review on a case raising the question whether Andy Warhol paintings made using a copyrighted photograph were so “transformative” as to be a non-infringing “fair use.”